Navigate through the schedule to discover all the training sessions

Hover over each Day and each Track (Technical & Non-Technical) to view the topics, speakers & descriptions.

Day 1 – Monday June 20th

Mon • 20/06/2016

Day 2 – Tuesday June 21st

Tue • 21/06/2016

Day 1 – Monday June 20th

Mon • 20/06/2016

TECHNICAL – DevCore Track

10:00

Welcoming & Opening Remarks

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

10:30

Keynote – Education not Speculation

When introduced to bitcoin, most people see it as a speculative asset, like a stock. But stocks have volatility and risk and the skills required to invest in them are highly specialized. Instead, I propose that these new inventions should be approached primarily as technical innovations. The primary focus should be investment in education, skills and career building. Those skills are transferrable across crypto-currencies, asset-tokens, smart contracts and the entire ecosystem.

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

11:15

Driving Blockchain Adoption and Education from the Enterprise

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

13:00

Blockchain Mechanics – Making Sense of blockchain data structures

Merkle trees, UTXO sets, BASE58CHECK encoding, hierarchical deterministic keys… most blockchains are built upon a variety of basic building blocks. This session will describe these data structures and algorithms and provide prerequisite knowledge to get developers up to speed on coding with blockchains.

Richard Kiss

Creator and Maintainer of pycoin

13:50

Working with Bitcoin in Ruby

While it may be common to use 3rd party payment services to accept Bitcoin, it is not necessary. With access to the Blockchain, a developer can implement their own payment system. As an seasoned developer who had very little experience with Bitcoin, I was able to easily create my own payment library written in Ruby. I will discuss and demonstrate the functionality of my bitcoin_payable gem from a practical perspective.

Jonathan Salis

CTO, Functional Imperative

14:40

Blockchain Investigations

This session will provide technical details about how blockchain technology works under the hood and how these can be used to link multiple seemingly disparate accounts to a single identity. This session will also introduce techniques that can help identify the real-world identity of an actor and provide insight into some of the investigations Mr. Perklin has conducted in the field.

Michael Perklin

President, C4 / Chairman, BAC / Director, BF

15:40

Using pycoin to Create Multisig Transactions

Learn how to use the Python-based open-source library pycoin to write code that creates a bitcoin multi-sig address, then spend coins from that address using 2-of-3 multisig.

Richard Kiss

Creator and Maintainer of pycoin

16:25

Segregated Witness: A powerful extensibility layer for Bitcoin

Segregated witness is the single most significant improvement to the Bitcoin protocol to date. This session will cover the basics of it, how it improves Bitcoin, how it works, and how application developers can leverage it to build more powerful applications.

Eric Lombrozo

17:15

CLTV, CSV, and advanced OPCODES in Bitcoin

This session will teach attendees about the latest opcodes to be added to Bitcoin’s scripting system, what business cases they provide, and how developers can use them in their manually-created transactions

Peter Todd

NON-TECHNICAL – Alliance Track

10:00

Welcoming & Opening Remarks

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

10:00

Welcoming & Opening Remarks

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

10:30

Keynote – Education not Speculation

When introduced to bitcoin, most people see it as a speculative asset, like a stock. But stocks have volatility and risk and the skills required to invest in them are highly specialized. Instead, I propose that these new inventions should be approached primarily as technical innovations. The primary focus should be investment in education, skills and career building. Those skills are transferrable across crypto-currencies, asset-tokens, smart contracts and the entire ecosystem.

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

10:30

Keynote – Education not Speculation

When introduced to bitcoin, most people see it as a speculative asset, like a stock. But stocks have volatility and risk and the skills required to invest in them are highly specialized. Instead, I propose that these new inventions should be approached primarily as technical innovations. The primary focus should be investment in education, skills and career building. Those skills are transferrable across crypto-currencies, asset-tokens, smart contracts and the entire ecosystem.

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

11:15

Driving Blockchain Adoption and Education from the Enterprise

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

11:15

Driving Blockchain Adoption and Education from the Enterprise

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

13:00

Bitcoin 101 – CBP Crash Course 1

These three sessions teach everything attendees would need to know in order to understand bitcoin, learn its vocabulary, and pass the Certified Bitcoin Professional exam.

Lisa Cheng

Founder, Vanbex Group

13:00

Blockchain Mechanics – Making Sense of blockchain data structures

Merkle trees, UTXO sets, BASE58CHECK encoding, hierarchical deterministic keys… most blockchains are built upon a variety of basic building blocks. This session will describe these data structures and algorithms and provide prerequisite knowledge to get developers up to speed on coding with blockchains.

Richard Kiss

Creator and Maintainer of pycoin

13:50

Working with Bitcoin in Ruby

While it may be common to use 3rd party payment services to accept Bitcoin, it is not necessary. With access to the Blockchain, a developer can implement their own payment system. As an seasoned developer who had very little experience with Bitcoin, I was able to easily create my own payment library written in Ruby. I will discuss and demonstrate the functionality of my bitcoin_payable gem from a practical perspective.

Jonathan Salis

CTO, Functional Imperative

13:50

Bitcoin 101 – CBP Crash Course 2

These three sessions teach everything attendees would need to know in order to understand bitcoin, learn its vocabulary, and pass the Certified Bitcoin Professional exam.

Francis Pouliot

Director, Bitcoin Embassy

14:40

Blockchain Investigations

This session will provide technical details about how blockchain technology works under the hood and how these can be used to link multiple seemingly disparate accounts to a single identity. This session will also introduce techniques that can help identify the real-world identity of an actor and provide insight into some of the investigations Mr. Perklin has conducted in the field.

Michael Perklin

President, C4 / Chairman, BAC / Director, BF

14:40

Bitcoin 101 – CBP Crash Course 3

These three sessions teach everything attendees would need to know in order to understand bitcoin, learn its vocabulary, and pass the Certified Bitcoin Professional exam.

Bilal Dar

15:40

Using pycoin to Create Multisig Transactions

Learn how to use the Python-based open-source library pycoin to write code that creates a bitcoin multi-sig address, then spend coins from that address using 2-of-3 multisig.

Richard Kiss

Creator and Maintainer of pycoin

15:40

Securing Coins 101: Simple Steps for Businesses and Individuals

Pamela Morgan

16:25

Segregated Witness: A powerful extensibility layer for Bitcoin

Segregated witness is the single most significant improvement to the Bitcoin protocol to date. This session will cover the basics of it, how it improves Bitcoin, how it works, and how application developers can leverage it to build more powerful applications.

Eric Lombrozo

16:25

Blockchain Startup Compliance

Using our fictional startup, Acme Corp, we’ll walk through compliance basics geared to blockchain startups, including:
-What is compliance?
-What should founders know about risk?
-How do you know what you need?
-How do you know if what you need has changed?
-How can you engage experts on a minimal budget?
-How do you know when you need outside help?
-Can a founder be a compliance officer?
-When can you stop paying attention to compliance?

Amber D. Scott

Founder & Chief AML Ninja, Outlier Solutions Inc.

17:15

Legal Issues Surrounding Blockchain Tokens

This session will teach attendees key concepts in how Canada and the United States treat blockchain tokens including bitcoin and ether. Attendees will walk away with an understanding of legal issues related to blockchain tokens as well as information about anticipated laws and regulatory changes.

Stuart Hoegner

Gaming Lawyer

17:15

CLTV, CSV, and advanced OPCODES in Bitcoin

This session will teach attendees about the latest opcodes to be added to Bitcoin’s scripting system, what business cases they provide, and how developers can use them in their manually-created transactions

Peter Todd

Day 2 – Tuesday June 21st

Tue • 21/06/2016

TECHNICAL – DevCore Track

NON-TECHNICAL – Alliance Track

10:00

Ethereum: the World Computer

Introduction to Ethereum and beyond the blockchain. How to improve the world through decentralization.

Taylor Gerring

Technology Advisor, Ethereum Foundation

10:00

Mechanics of Lightning Network channels

10:50

Blockchain Superpowers and Crypto-nite

This presentation will education on the powerful and unique benefits of blockchain technology but also provide the very important but less talked about misunderstood limitations. Most importantly you’ll come away with ways to create systems that overcome these limitations while still reaping the benefits of blockchain tech. We’ll cover example business use cases which have hit these limitation snags and how they would be best resolved.

Paul Puey

Airbitz CEO / Co-founder

10:50

Designing Smart Blockchain Applications

This session will teach participants how to structure and create simple “smart contract” based blockchain applications by using Ethereum. In addition to a practical walk-through, the session will touch on higher level considerations (such as security and performance) that feature prominently in the design of blockchain applications.

Jeff Coleman

Head of Technology, Ledger Labs

11:40

Blockchains and Money Laundering

An overview of the importance of effective anti-money laundering techniques in the world of cryptocurrencies, with specific focus on the detection methods and regulatory requirements.

Peter Warrack

Director of Risk Intelligence, Bank of Montreal

11:40

OMNI Assets on Bitcoin’s blockchain

This session will teach attendees how to issue new tokens that can represent anything (gold, land titles, pokemon cards) on Bitcoin’s blockchain using the OMNI protocol, and how developers can use these tokens to link real-world assets with the blockchain

Adam Chamely

13:30

CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS)

This session will dive into the specifics of each of the 32 aspects that make up the CryptoCurrency Security Standard. Attendees will learn how to properly secure a blockchain-based system protecting it from cyberthieves – both internal and external.

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

13:30

Systems of Record vs. Systems of Authority

The world is filled with Systems of Record. These databases, whose contents are irreproachable, dictate many aspects of our lives. Title records, mortgage records, medical records, business records, etc are all held by trusted parties. When trusting these organizations, we are also trusting their digital record-keeping abilities in a world filled with sophisticated hackers. Ensuring the organization’s records are unmodified and complete is something blockchains can solve. A System of Authority shifts the trust to the document origination process. After the documents are created, the record-keepers do not have as much responsibility to keep them pristine. Even after a messy disaster or targeted attack, the entire document set can be reconstructed from untrustworthy sources.

Brian Deery

14:30

Accounting with Blockchains

This session will look at how cryptocurrencies and other digital assets can be valued and accounted for in the new era of blockchain technology.

15:00

Applying CCSS to Real World Scenarios

This workshop will lead attendees through the process of assessing the security of an information system against the CCSS. Attendees will work with each other to grade a fictional information system and learn how the CCSS can help prevent cyberattacks and thefts before they happen.

Michael Perklin

President, C4 / Chairman, BAC / Director, BF

15:30

Investing in the Blockchain Space

Capital plays a critical role in the development and progression of every technology and innovation ecosystem. In addition to the influence inherent in deploying capital, investors create impact through the strategy and method of investment practice they enact. The opportunity for professionalized angel and venture capital investors to positively effect and guide the development of the crypto and blockchain ecosystem is clear, and in this session, best practices of investment strategy and method will be discussed. TOPICS COVERED will include investment thesis formation, due diligence, the provision of key resources beyond capital, and capital investment.

Alyse Killeen

Partner, StillMark

17:00

Blockchain Trivia Competition Test Your New Knowledge

17:00

Blockchain Trivia Competition Test Your New Knowledge

17:50

Closing Remarks

17:50

Closing Remarks

TECHNICAL – DevCore Track

NON-TECHNICAL – Alliance Track

TECHNICAL – DevCore Track

NON-TECHNICAL – Alliance Track

10:00

Welcoming & Opening Remarks

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

10:00

Welcoming & Opening Remarks

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

10:30

Keynote – Education not Speculation

When introduced to bitcoin, most people see it as a speculative asset, like a stock. But stocks have volatility and risk and the skills required to invest in them are highly specialized. Instead, I propose that these new inventions should be approached primarily as technical innovations. The primary focus should be investment in education, skills and career building. Those skills are transferrable across crypto-currencies, asset-tokens, smart contracts and the entire ecosystem.

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

10:30

Keynote – Education not Speculation

When introduced to bitcoin, most people see it as a speculative asset, like a stock. But stocks have volatility and risk and the skills required to invest in them are highly specialized. Instead, I propose that these new inventions should be approached primarily as technical innovations. The primary focus should be investment in education, skills and career building. Those skills are transferrable across crypto-currencies, asset-tokens, smart contracts and the entire ecosystem.

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

11:15

Driving Blockchain Adoption and Education from the Enterprise

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

11:15

Driving Blockchain Adoption and Education from the Enterprise

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

13:00

Bitcoin 101 – CBP Crash Course 1

These three sessions teach everything attendees would need to know in order to understand bitcoin, learn its vocabulary, and pass the Certified Bitcoin Professional exam.

Lisa Cheng

Founder, Vanbex Group

13:00

Blockchain Mechanics – Making Sense of blockchain data structures

Merkle trees, UTXO sets, BASE58CHECK encoding, hierarchical deterministic keys… most blockchains are built upon a variety of basic building blocks. This session will describe these data structures and algorithms and provide prerequisite knowledge to get developers up to speed on coding with blockchains.

Richard Kiss

Creator and Maintainer of pycoin

13:50

Working with Bitcoin in Ruby

While it may be common to use 3rd party payment services to accept Bitcoin, it is not necessary. With access to the Blockchain, a developer can implement their own payment system. As an seasoned developer who had very little experience with Bitcoin, I was able to easily create my own payment library written in Ruby. I will discuss and demonstrate the functionality of my bitcoin_payable gem from a practical perspective.

Jonathan Salis

CTO, Functional Imperative

13:50

Bitcoin 101 – CBP Crash Course 2

These three sessions teach everything attendees would need to know in order to understand bitcoin, learn its vocabulary, and pass the Certified Bitcoin Professional exam.

Francis Pouliot

Director, Bitcoin Embassy

14:40

Blockchain Investigations

This session will provide technical details about how blockchain technology works under the hood and how these can be used to link multiple seemingly disparate accounts to a single identity. This session will also introduce techniques that can help identify the real-world identity of an actor and provide insight into some of the investigations Mr. Perklin has conducted in the field.

Michael Perklin

President, C4 / Chairman, BAC / Director, BF

14:40

Bitcoin 101 – CBP Crash Course 3

These three sessions teach everything attendees would need to know in order to understand bitcoin, learn its vocabulary, and pass the Certified Bitcoin Professional exam.

Bilal Dar

15:40

Using pycoin to Create Multisig Transactions

Learn how to use the Python-based open-source library pycoin to write code that creates a bitcoin multi-sig address, then spend coins from that address using 2-of-3 multisig.

Richard Kiss

Creator and Maintainer of pycoin

15:40

Securing Coins 101: Simple Steps for Businesses and Individuals

Pamela Morgan

16:25

Segregated Witness: A powerful extensibility layer for Bitcoin

Segregated witness is the single most significant improvement to the Bitcoin protocol to date. This session will cover the basics of it, how it improves Bitcoin, how it works, and how application developers can leverage it to build more powerful applications.

Eric Lombrozo

16:25

Blockchain Startup Compliance

Using our fictional startup, Acme Corp, we’ll walk through compliance basics geared to blockchain startups, including:
-What is compliance?
-What should founders know about risk?
-How do you know what you need?
-How do you know if what you need has changed?
-How can you engage experts on a minimal budget?
-How do you know when you need outside help?
-Can a founder be a compliance officer?
-When can you stop paying attention to compliance?

Amber D. Scott

Founder & Chief AML Ninja, Outlier Solutions Inc.

17:15

Legal Issues Surrounding Blockchain Tokens

This session will teach attendees key concepts in how Canada and the United States treat blockchain tokens including bitcoin and ether. Attendees will walk away with an understanding of legal issues related to blockchain tokens as well as information about anticipated laws and regulatory changes.

Stuart Hoegner

Gaming Lawyer

17:15

CLTV, CSV, and advanced OPCODES in Bitcoin

This session will teach attendees about the latest opcodes to be added to Bitcoin’s scripting system, what business cases they provide, and how developers can use them in their manually-created transactions

Peter Todd

10:00

Ethereum: the World Computer

Introduction to Ethereum and beyond the blockchain. How to improve the world through decentralization.

Taylor Gerring

Technology Advisor, Ethereum Foundation

10:00

Mechanics of Lightning Network channels

10:50

Blockchain Superpowers and Crypto-nite

This presentation will education on the powerful and unique benefits of blockchain technology but also provide the very important but less talked about misunderstood limitations. Most importantly you’ll come away with ways to create systems that overcome these limitations while still reaping the benefits of blockchain tech. We’ll cover example business use cases which have hit these limitation snags and how they would be best resolved.

Paul Puey

Airbitz CEO / Co-founder

10:50

Designing Smart Blockchain Applications

This session will teach participants how to structure and create simple “smart contract” based blockchain applications by using Ethereum. In addition to a practical walk-through, the session will touch on higher level considerations (such as security and performance) that feature prominently in the design of blockchain applications.

Jeff Coleman

Head of Technology, Ledger Labs

11:40

Blockchains and Money Laundering

An overview of the importance of effective anti-money laundering techniques in the world of cryptocurrencies, with specific focus on the detection methods and regulatory requirements.

Peter Warrack

Director of Risk Intelligence, Bank of Montreal

11:40

OMNI Assets on Bitcoin’s blockchain

This session will teach attendees how to issue new tokens that can represent anything (gold, land titles, pokemon cards) on Bitcoin’s blockchain using the OMNI protocol, and how developers can use these tokens to link real-world assets with the blockchain

Adam Chamely

13:30

CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS)

This session will dive into the specifics of each of the 32 aspects that make up the CryptoCurrency Security Standard. Attendees will learn how to properly secure a blockchain-based system protecting it from cyberthieves – both internal and external.

Andreas Antonopoulos

Technologist

13:30

Systems of Record vs. Systems of Authority

The world is filled with Systems of Record. These databases, whose contents are irreproachable, dictate many aspects of our lives. Title records, mortgage records, medical records, business records, etc are all held by trusted parties. When trusting these organizations, we are also trusting their digital record-keeping abilities in a world filled with sophisticated hackers. Ensuring the organization’s records are unmodified and complete is something blockchains can solve. A System of Authority shifts the trust to the document origination process. After the documents are created, the record-keepers do not have as much responsibility to keep them pristine. Even after a messy disaster or targeted attack, the entire document set can be reconstructed from untrustworthy sources.

Brian Deery

14:30

Accounting with Blockchains

This session will look at how cryptocurrencies and other digital assets can be valued and accounted for in the new era of blockchain technology.

15:00

Applying CCSS to Real World Scenarios

This workshop will lead attendees through the process of assessing the security of an information system against the CCSS. Attendees will work with each other to grade a fictional information system and learn how the CCSS can help prevent cyberattacks and thefts before they happen.

Michael Perklin

President, C4 / Chairman, BAC / Director, BF

15:30

Investing in the Blockchain Space

Capital plays a critical role in the development and progression of every technology and innovation ecosystem. In addition to the influence inherent in deploying capital, investors create impact through the strategy and method of investment practice they enact. The opportunity for professionalized angel and venture capital investors to positively effect and guide the development of the crypto and blockchain ecosystem is clear, and in this session, best practices of investment strategy and method will be discussed. TOPICS COVERED will include investment thesis formation, due diligence, the provision of key resources beyond capital, and capital investment.